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Portales, NM Crime and Crime Rate

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The Portales crime rate is lower than the New Mexico average crime rate and is higher than the national average crime rate.

Crime Index, #40

Portales, NM	1,880.48
New Mexico	2,241.45
U.S.	1,669.05

The crime index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the crime level in a region. Higher crime index value means more crime.

Portales, NM Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Murders	Rapes	Robberies	Assaults	Burglaries	Thefts	Vehicle Thefts	Arson	Crime Index
2014	Portales, NM	Count	0	1	1	21	181	212	14	1
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	0.0	8.0	8.0	167.7	1,445.2	1,692.7	111.8	8.0	1,422
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	4.8	51.4	100.0	421.8	887.3	2,353.4	301.6	NA	2,084
	U.S.	Per 100,000	4.5	26.4	102.2	232.5	542.5	1,837.3	216.2	NA	1,423
2011	Portales, NM	Count	1	4	0	33	178	278	17	0
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	8.1	32.2	0.0	265.8	1,433.5	2,238.9	136.9	0.0	1,893
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	7.5	41.2	82.7	436.2	1,028.9	2,242.9	259.7	NA	2,083
	U.S.	Per 100,000	4.7	26.8	113.7	241.1	702.2	1,976.9	229.6	NA	1,576
2010	Portales, NM	Count	1	7	3	58	108	256	10	0
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	8.0	56.1	24.1	465.2	866.2	2,053.3	80.2	0.0	1,889
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	6.9	46.5	78.4	457.1	1,020.5	2,160.1	254.8	NA	2,088
	U.S.	Per 100,000	4.8	27.5	119.1	252.3	699.6	2,003.5	238.8	NA	1,610
2009	Portales, NM	Count	1	5	3	92	114	178	9	1
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	8.1	40.5	24.3	745.4	923.6	1,442.1	72.9	8.1	1,965
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	8.7	52.6	93.1	464.7	1,095.8	2,317.8	322.2	NA	2,286
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.0	28.7	133.0	262.8	716.3	2,060.9	258.8	NA	1,683
2008	Portales, NM	Count	1	6	5	74	121	290	22	0
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	8.3	49.6	41.3	611.2	999.4	2,395.3	181.7	0.0	2,234
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	7.2	57.4	109.5	475.9	1,094.2	2,411.6	403.4	NA	2,386
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.4	29.3	145.3	274.6	730.8	2,167.0	314.7	NA	1,784

Hate Crime Index

Portales, NM		-0.50
New Mexico		15.00
U.S.		23.78

The hate crime index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the hate crime level in a region. Higher hate crime index value means more hate crime.

Portales, NM Hate Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Race	Religion	Sexual Orientation	Ethnicity	Disability	Hate Crime Index
2009	Portales, NM	Count	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.0	13
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	23
2008	Portales, NM	Count	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	7
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.9	1.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	28

Law Enforcement Employees Index

Portales, NM	2.36
New Mexico	2.69
U.S.	2.83

The law enforcement employees index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the law enforcement employees level in a region. Higher law enforcement employees index value means higher law enforcement employees density.

Portales, NM Law Enforcement Employees by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Officers	Civilians	Law Enforcement Employees Index
2011	Portales, NM	Count	42	23	19
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	338.2	185.2	153.0	2.62
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	307.5	224.1	83.4	2.66
	U.S.	Per 100,000	341.9	238.3	103.6	2.90
2010	Portales, NM	Count	36	25	11
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	288.7	200.5	88.2	2.45
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	300.3	218.8	81.5	2.60
	U.S.	Per 100,000	347.8	241.9	105.9	2.95
2009	Portales, NM	Count	40	23	17
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	324.1	186.3	137.7	2.55
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	337.7	228.5	109.3	2.83
	U.S.	Per 100,000	352.9	244.2	108.7	2.99
2008	Portales, NM	Count	36	23	13
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	297.3	190.0	107.4	2.44
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	319.4	228.2	91.1	2.74
	U.S.	Per 100,000	357.8	247.5	110.3	3.03
2007	Portales, NM	Count	38	24	14
	Portales, NM	Per 100,000	335.3	211.8	123.5	2.74
	New Mexico	Per 100,000	305.0	220.7	84.4	2.63
	U.S.	Per 100,000	356.1	244.8	111.3	3.00
2005	Portales, NM	Count	39	24	15